Mirantis Launches OpenStack Certification Program

With interest in OpenStack rising across the enterprise, a lot of IT professionals should be able to count on some new opportunities opening up in 2014, provided, of course, that they know how OpenStack works.

As part of an ongoing OpenStack education effort, Mirantis, a provider of an OpenStack distribution, has launched a vendor-agnostic OpenStack certification program for both traditional administrators inside enterprise IT organizations and cloud service providers.

According to Mirantis CEO Adrian Ionel, the Mirantis Certification for OpenStack program is the first in a series of certification programs that Mirantis plans to roll out in 2014.

With interest in OpenStack as an alternative to rival cloud management platforms from companies such as VMware, Microsoft and Amazon on the rise, Ionel says the one key challenge facing OpenStack in 2014 is making sure there’s enough skilled talent available to implement it.